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| Welcome To Tall al-Safi District of Hebron تلّ الصافي - תל א-צאפי Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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| Israeli occupation date | July 9, 1948 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance from district center | 35 (km) Northwest of Hebron | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation from the sea | 175 (meters) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Map location | See location number #3 on the map | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Israeli military operation | Operation An-Far | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Israeli attacking brigade | The First Battalion of the Giva'ti Brigade | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Village defenders | Egyptian Muslim Brotherhoods, local Palestinian militias and some Arab Liberation Army volunteers. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Refugees' migration route | Refugess headed to the Hebron hills. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Exodus Cause | Military assault by Jewish troops | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Village remains after destruction by Israelis | The village was completely obliterated and defaced. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ethnically cleansed by Israelis | Tall al-Safi inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Land ownership before occupation |
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| Land usage in 1945 |
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| Population before occupation |
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| Number of houses | In (1931): 208 (includes three adjacent khirbas) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Town's name through history | The Philistine referred to Tall al-Safi by the city of Gath. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Shrines/maqams | The villagers maintained a shrine for a local sage known by al-Shaykh Muhammad. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nearby wadies & rivers | Tall al-Safi is situated on the southern banks of Wadi 'Ajjur. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Archeological sites | Tall al-Safi contains a Crusades castle and it also contains walls, burial places, a cave, and carved stones. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands | No Israeli settlements on village lands. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Related Maps | خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة Town's map on MapQuest View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia |
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"There are remnants of a well and the crumbling stone walls of a pool. A few tents belonging to a group of Bedouin are occasionally pitched nearby."
| Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
| Nidal Alamssi | - | - |
| مصعب خالد ابو الريش | لاجئ | القويسمة, الخليل |
| محمد بهادر | بهادر | غزة |
| يوسف العزه | العزه | عمان , الاردن |
| Bassam | Dauod | genova, italia |
| ابراهيم | بهادر | قضاء الخليل, فلسطين |
| عماد جهاد عيسى لحسه | لحسه | فلسطين, فلسطين |
| رهام | اللحسة | فلسطين |
| زيد مغنم | - | - |
| محمد عايش | - | دبي |
| ابو ريام | العمايره | الزرقاء, الاردن |
| MAHMOOD ALAZZEH | - | - |
| عماد احمد الدسوقي | الدسوقي | مودينا ايطاتيا, ايطاليا |
| عماد عايش محمود سلمان | عايش-البراهميه | الرياض, السعوديه |
| هشام أيوب ابوالحاج | ابوالحاج | الخبر, السعودية |
| omar ismran | ISMRAN | RIYADH, KSA |
| احمد العزة | العزة | - |
| بلال أبو الريش | - | amman |
| مهند تل الصافي | - | - |
| khl | قنديل | amman, jordan |
| NABIL | الحيلة | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| Abdalhafez Shaher Mahmoud Kandil | Kandil | Tabuk, Saudi Arabia |
| هيثم حرب العزه | العزه | ِAmman,Jordan |
| Salwa Al-Azzeh | Al Azzeh | Jordan, Jordan |
| ميرال | العزه | تل الصافي |
| qosayazzeh | العزة | amman - jordan |
| Raed | - | Doha, QATAR |
| dj vampire327 | اللحسة | aroub camp, Palestine |
| Abu Zaki | Al-Amassi | Amman, Jordan |
| hassan alazzeh | - | balqa, balqa |
| محمد جمعة نوفل | - | الاردن, الاردن |
| الشرس | علان | عمان |
| محمد عيسى قنديل | - | الاردن, الاردن |
| ايوب ابو الحاج | - | - |
| Ahmed Al-seidi | - | Amman |
| احمد اللحسة | - | - |
| soliman abdel fattah alazzeh | azzeh | - |
| Hisham AL Dasouqi | الدسوقي | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| زياد الدسوقي Ziad Dasuki | الدسوقي | الصين |
| دجلة | عايش | البلقاء, تل الصافي |
| محمود | اللحسه | عمان, الاردن |
| جمال | اللحسه | عمان, الاردن |
| وليد | اللحسه | عمان, الاردن |
| محمد | - | - |
| اميل | اللحسه | عمان, الاردن |
| Fouad Azzeh | Azzeh | Al-ain, UAE |
| KAMAL | AL-LAHSEH | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| محمد | اللحسة | عمان, الاردن |
| Anas | - | Hebron |
| رائد | البراهمية | ابوظبي |
| ابو مصطفى | ابوعفيفة | - |
| Aysar hirzallah | - | Amman, Jordan |
| abo zeyad | abo_alhaj | - |
| Zaid Maghnam | - | - |
| ammar maghnam | - | - |
| احمد ابوعفيفه | - | مصر, مصر |
| مهند ابوعفيفه | ابوعفيفه | الرياض, السعودية |
| محمود Mahmoud اسمران Ismran | اسمران Ismran | لندن, بريطانيا |
| Mohanad Maghnam | Maghnam | Amman, Jordan |
| SHAHIR | اللحسه | Hebron |
| azzeh alazzeh | azzeh | amman, jordan |
| رامي حسين | - | - |
| aabuafifeh | Abu-Afifeh | Amman, Jordan |
| Eng. Abdulkareem Abualhaj | Abualhaj | Amman, Jordan |
| Abu Husam | Al amassy | palestine, palestine |
| Professor Mohammad abualhaj | Abualhaj | IL, U.S |
| abu nedal | alamassy | palestine, palestine |
| يوسف معدي | Maddi | Jordan, Jordan |
| Salah Qandeel | - | - |
| ibrahem aeysh | aeysh | amman, jordan |
| Ahmad DASOQI | DASOQI | Amman, Jordan |
| Ezz-Edine | Al-Azzeh | Al-Ain, Emirates |
| Yousef Alazzah | Alazzah | - |
| waleed mohamed saleh salameh | - | jordan, jordan |
| barakat salah | salah | falasteen, falasteen |
| - | alazzah | amman-jordan |
| Abu Ramsey | Al-Amassi | Nebraska, USA |
| Dr. Farouq Hijazi | Hijazi | - |
| MAHMOUD AL AZZEH | AL AZZEH | - |
| khader al azzeh | العزه | kuwait, kuwait |
| Ayman Al-Azzeh | - | - |
| jamal maghnam | maghnam | amman, Jordan |
| abdallah maddi | - | - |
| Abu Laith | Dasoqi | Illinois, USA |
| iyad aldasouqi | aldasouqi | amman, Jordan |
| Al-azzeh | al-azzeh | amman, jordan |
| Sameh Al-Azzeh | Al-Azzeh | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Ayman Abu Ghunaim | Abu Ghunaim | Jordan |
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